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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MA'rHiAS JENSEN, OE ASTORIA, OREGON, ASSIGNOR' OE ONE-HALE 'ro THE v JENSEN oAN FILLINGMAOHINE COMPANY, OF SAME rLAoE AND CAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N O. 376,804,date January 24, 1888. I lApplication tiled january 24, 18:17. Srrial No. l25,4l4. (No model.)

ping and crimping cans; and it consists of certain details of construction,which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section taken through theplane ofthe crimper and the feed-chute for the caps'and the channel through which the cans are carried from the belt to the crimper. Fig. 2 is. a transverse section taken through the axis of the plunger bywhich the caps are placed upon the cans. Fig. 3is a horizontal section taken in a plane through the channel in which the causare transferred from thefeeding-belt to the -crimper. Fig. 4`is a plan of the parts above lineX X of Fig. 5 is a vertical crosssection of the crimper throu'gh'line Y Y of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is `a side elevation of the machine, looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4, and showing three posts, i, insteadof two. Fig. 7 is an enlarged side elevation of upper part of the crimping-mechanism in the direction of larrow 7,Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the same on line 8 8, Fig. 4. Figs. 9, 1.0, and l1 are details to be hereinafter referred to.v

This apparatus is especially intended to receive cans which have been filled with tish'or e .other material, and by means of a belt and feeder orcarrier to transfer them to a point where they receive a cap, and afterward transf fer them still ,farther to a crimper, by which the caps are crimped into place upon thc can,

.the latter being discharged after the completion of the operation and delivered into a conveyenwhich carries them to the machine or rollers at each end. Thedrum at the inner end is mounted upon a shaft having a gearwheel, B, upon its outer end, and this engages with a gear-wheel or pinion, C, upon the main driving-axle D, which is journaled in .the lower part of the frame, and may be driven by a crank or by a belt-pulley or other suitable or convenient contrivance for applying power thereto. Stops or bars E extend across the table at right angles with thebelt A, and their` ends extend above the belt, so that when the 6o cans reach these bars they are prevented from moving any farther with the vbelt. rllhey are then taken by the feeder or carrier F and transferred by successive stages across the table, the. first stage delivering them upon a rising and fallingI plunger, S, by which they are raised so that the upper ends of the can will enter the cap, which has been placed in proper position for the operation, while tie next-stage carries the can across so as to de- 7o liver it to the crimper. The feeder or carrier by which these successive movements of the can are produced consists ofa'horizontal arm, F, extending across the table at right angles withth'e feed-belt, and having four arms or 75 prongs, H, projecting at right angles from it,

and at s'uiicient distances apart to admit of a can being received between them so as to be transferred by their movements. This arm F is mounted upon the pins of three cranks, I 8o and J J. These crnks"'have vertical shafts, which are journaled'in the frame, and power is applied to move them, s o that they produce a circular sweepingo motion of the feeder or carrier and the forked arms. By this motion the c s are moved across the table. The motion i obtained by means of the crank I, while the two cranks J Jserve as guides to produce a parallel motion. The shalt -of the crank Iy extends downward through the tablaand has 9o a gear-wheel attached to it, which meshes with another gear-wheel of a second vertical shaft,

K. This shaft has a beveled gear-wheel, L, upon the lower end, which is engaged by a similar beveled wheel, M, upon the driving shaft or axle D, and motion is thus communicated to operate this carrier. When a can has been brought by the belt A to the cross or stop bar E, the feeder F will be brought around so that the rst two of theforked arms H in o its outward sweep take the can from the belt and push it against the trigger-arm N. The can, pressing against this arm, will turn it and the vertical shaft upon which it is mounted, and this will operate an upwardly-projecting arm, O, which in turn presses against the sliding spring-arm P, the upper end of which is curved or extends into or above the inclined chute Q, in which the caps are placed face downward, and this arm thus stops the 'caps and prevents their being moved any farther down in the chute until the can has, as before described, moved it by means of the triggerN. The action of the can moving the trigger N, the arm O, and the sliding arm P, releases one of the caps within the chute and allows it to slide down beneath the spring R, which extends down the chute and hasits lower end bent so as to rest upon a horizontal table at the bottom of the chute, and thus prevent the cap moving any farther until it is forcibly carried forward .by the proper mechanism. The can is carried forward between the second and third arms H of the feeder and is deposited upon the top of a vertically-moving plunger, S, which is operated by a mechanism from below, to be hereinafter described, so as v to raise the can and force its upper end between the tapering-or conical sides of the guides T', as shown.

exactly in line with the cap, and it alsol serves to compress the'sh or material which may project slightly above the. top of the can, so that it will he properly inclosed and forced into place when the cap is put on to the can by theaction of the moving plunger. When this is completed, theV plunger S is depressed, being followed down by the plunger U until the can again arrives at the ,level of the table, when the can is again seized by the sweeping movement of the feeder, being taken this timebetween the third and fourth carrying-arms and moved forward-toward the crimping mechanism. Two movements of the carrier are necessary to transfer the can from the carrying-belt to the top of the plunger, the first and second arms taking it from the belt', and the second and third place it -upon the plunger. It is removed from the plunger between the third and fourth, and is finally placed upon the rotary table by the fourth arm and at the fourth movement of the carrier.

The caps are carried `forward from beneath the spring R by means of a swinging forked lever,.V, which is fulcrunied in a yoke upon the upper part of the frame, this yoke having its rear end also fulcrumed or pivoted, so that it may be raised by the action of a cam, W,

Above this guide are two slides, T, which will be closed together at` lever a shaft, Vf', passes, having a swivel or universal joint ou itsinnerend, which receives the end of a lever, Y, which is so actuated as to swing the forked arm backward and forward. The shaft,which passes through the forked lever V, has a spring upon its outer end, so as to relieve any strain which may come uponthepartsduringtheirreciprocation. The forked arm or lever drops by gravitation behind vthe cap, which is resting against the end of the spring R, its two prongs catching the cap upon each side of the spring, the flexibility of which allows the cap to be forced from beneath it and carried forward into position to be placed upon the can. The lever Y, by which the fork of the cap-moving lever is acthated, is connected through an oscillating vertical shaft, Yz, to which it is hinged, with a.

crank, Z, upon the top of a vertical shaft, Z5,-

the lower end of which is connected with the feeder F, by means of anv arm, Z', and link Z", so that the sweep of the feeder will cause the shaft to oscillate, and thus actuate the cap- 'carrying lever V at the' proper time with relation to the movelnent'rof the can upon the'table beneath. The connectingarm Y', between the crank Z and the crank which IOO actuates the lever Y, isprovided with setnuts for its adjustment, and the crank-pin with which it connects may also be moved in a slot in thecrank-arm Y, so as to adjust and regulate the throw of the cap-moving lever. The spring adjustment of the shaftV, carrying the swivel or universal joint through which motion is directly transmitted to the lever V, allows ofa certain movement which enf ables me to place and holdthe caps to their exact place without a direct positive motion, which iwould be difficult to make exact and keep in order. Before the arm V has moved the cap the feeder F is again on its waywith a can from theholding-trigger N over the plunger S, andas soon as the can leaves the triggerN the spring will again have control over the sliding arin or stop-P, which is thus drawn into the track of the caps moving down the inclined chute. The feeder F, with the cans on its forward movement, pushes the trigger outward out of the'way and therewith the arm O inward against `P,-overcoming the tension ofthe spring around P, and thus clearing the track for another cap. Y is adj ustably secured in the slot of the operating-crank-Y3 by means of a screw bolt,

in its desiredy position. By this construction The crank-pin of the crank no caps can como within reach of the arm V until a can is in proper position to receive them.

Above the feeder or carrier F, vupon a suitable support, are two slides, a, moving in guides parallel with the direction in which the caps move between them from the bottom of the inclined chute to the position where they are placed upon the cans. These'slides have inclined or cam-shaped slots made in them, and pins a project upward into these slots from the transversely-'moving slides T, which are situated below them, so that as these slides a are moved backward and forward they will actuate the transverse slides T, so as to hold the cap above the can until the can has been pushed up into it, after which they are opened to release the cap and allow the can and cap to be depressed, as before described.

The slides a are united by a transverse arm or lever, b, which connects with pins projecting upward from the slides a, so as to engage leach end of this oscillating arm, which is pivoted or fulcrumed. at the center. 'One of the slides is connected, by an adjustable connect ling-rod, G, with the crank I, by which the ment of the feeder,and thus operate thetranssweep of the feeder is produced, so that the slides a move simultaneously with the moveverse slides T, as before described. j

The support or frame Tf, within which the transverse slides T are guided, has a hole coni ral on iislower face made vertically through it of the same diameter as the outside of the caps to be used.

On top of each of the slides T is a counter. sunk recess, within which the caps rest upon the lower edges of their lianges.'

toward the entering caps is planed out, so as to allow the caps to pass in when-moved Afor- 'ward bythe oscillating arm V. Before. the

feeder-arm H has fully left the can in `its first forward movement from the carrying-belt the plunger S will commence to rise with the can on it, .the upper end enteringthe funnel shaped guide just described,throngh which -it is forced until the cap is properly placed. As soon as the upper end of the can entersk the cap the slides T are withdrawn, soas to fully clear the cap. The can is then lowered by the plunger S. the plunger U following it down, resting on topof the cap, so as to steady the can while descending. Just as the can is about to stop its downward movement the feeder F will have returned, and withA its third arm or f ork will carry the can oi'the-plunger, moving it forward toward `the crimper. With the next sweep it will move the canwith the fourth arm-H into the crimping device, and if the cans are-properly delivered upon t-he belt'A there will be one taken from there at every revolution of the feeder B, which will receive its cap' and arrive at'the crimper in its turn,

as described.v The plunger U .is lifted by means of an arm, which enters its upper Aend,`having its outer end pivoted`or fulcrumed The side of` the countersunk, recess in each of the slides T upwardly-'projecting lng or cam, d, and this cam, moving beneath the lever as the slide re ciprocates, alternately raises it and allows 'it tion as the cam is removed. lThe plunger S is raised by the arm e, one end of whichacts against the bottom of the plunger, t-he other end being fulcrulned to a fixed support, and

projecting arm or shaft, as shown. This roller is engaged and actuated b'ya cam,l g, upon the lower end of the vertical shaft which carries .the crank I. The action of this cam upon the arm e raises the plunger S, which drops by gravitation, or, if preferred, may have a spring applied, so as to cause it to move with greater activity.

his a semicircular or curved guide, by which the cans are delivered into the crimper.

i are vertical shafts at one side 4of the carrying-belt A, having arms j, which are caused to swing above the belt by means of spring i', v coiled about the vertical shaft i, as shown. These arms projecting above the belt control the movements of the cans which may beplaced upon the belt, and only allow them to move forward so as to arrive at the feeder F in proper time to be received by'it and carried and also to the feeder, by chains or other loose connections, as shown at k, and the arms are turned back from the belt at the proper time by the movement of the feeder, to allow the cans to 'be carried for\vard,'so -as to be received -by it as described. v

1n crimping'the cans the usual methodof applying a wheel against the caps on the cans while they are turning is employed. Here two similar crimping devices are carried, one upon each sideof a vertical shaft, l, which has a gear-wheel, m, secured to it,this wheel meshing with a gear-wheel upon the vertical shaft K, before described,which carries the gears by which the capping apparatus is driven.

shaft Z, and the rotating jheads D have their shafts journaled in this support. surfaces of these crimping heads are concave, so as to fit over the -top of a can when it -is caused to spin or rotate by means of a train which meshes with a stationary gear, q, so that as they travel around this stationary gear they are caused to rotate, and thus turn the' head, and by its friction or'grip upon the top of the can to cause thev latter to spin or rotate. The' gearing p consists of a shaft, `14, carrythe fixed gear q, the lower one with a pinion on the shaft 15, which carries the wheel D. Thepinions on the shaft 14 transmit the movement to the shaft D'.Y

r are the-crimpingwheela the Vertical 'shafts of which extend upward through three having aroller, f, turning upon a downwardlyforward. The arms are connected together,

0ing two pinions, the upper one engaging with upon the frame, so that the lever extends across above the slide a,which has an inclined to drop, its descent being caused by gravita-,

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A support, n, is fixed upon the vertical j. The lower brought beneath them, and the'lleads are 12ol A of small -gearwlieels,p, the upper one of proper wings, 8, formed on the bracket s. Nuts 9 hold the shaft in its proper position, and the screw 10, entering from the top wing, regulates thevrevolving of' the wheel, las shown in Figs. 1, 7, and 8.

The arms v, projecting from the hangers s, have rollers upon them,which travel in conV tact with the stationary cam t, while the pivotA pin 12 connect-s the bracket, by thearm 13 ,to

the wings n, the latter being keyed to the shaft l, Figs. 4, 5, 7, and 8. By the action of this cam the hangers are turned so as to move the crimping-wheels against the edges of the caps,

-which project below the heads D', and as the AIt will therefore be seen that by turning the eccentric the opposite end of 'the arms carrying the rollers which travel'l in' contact wit-h the stationary cam t may bemoved out or in, and thus affect theaction of the rollers.

'w are guides fixed to the vertical shaft l of the crimper below the su pport n, so as to revolve with the shaft. These guides have two Vsemicylindr'ical openings to receive the cans and guide them to the crimping-heads.

The arms, forming each side of the openings, are rounded upon their outer ends, so that they may receive the cans while in motion, and also dischargethem by, crowding them outward. These guides w, by reason of the connection of the driving-gearwith that which 'drives the capper, will alternately present themselves at the proper time with relation to the discharge stroke of the feeder F, so that the can :will be delivered in each one of the openings in the guide, when it is immediately lifted up with its capin thecrimping-head D',

as follows:

Beneath the driving gear wheelv m are hinged two arms, I', the hinged ends being to` wardthe center and the outerl ends traveling 'overthe fixed cam2 beneath them, so that theyare carried around bythe rotation of the vertical shaft to which they are hinged. Within each of the arms I are fixed spiral springs, and a plater plunger, 3, rests upon each 4 of the springs, moving verticallyin the arms, as` shown. The circular table 4, upon which the cans ,are received, and which is s ituat-ed just `below the guide w, has depressions made 'in its upper surface, anddisks fit into these depressions, so that their upper surfaces in a normaposition will be level with the surface of the table. These disks have stems extending down through the table fand through the driving gear-wheel m, which revolves with the table, so that their lower ends rest upon the spring-plungers 3. The cans, which are de livered intothe semicircular guides w, rest directly upon the disks 5, and as the table and guide rotate the leverarms I', traveling over the cam 2, are raised up', and through their action the stems of the disks 5 are raised, thus forcing the cap into the spinning or turning head D above. The springs of the plungers 3 are stiff enough to hold the cans firmly in place, but do not cause any strain by reason of inequality of lengths or other irregularity. Springs S withdraw the crimping-flanges from the can when the hanger arms are released from the cam E.

The wheel or disk r being applied to the cap while the can is spinning, the cap is properly crimped upon the can while the table and guide make a half-revolution, after which the can is delivered from the guides w on the table into the dischargechute 6.

An arm, 7, projects into the space between the guide-flanges, so that when the can strikes this'arm the further movement of the guide Iw crowds it out int-o the chute. This chute, which is formed by the arms 7 and plate 21, has a centrally-disposed plate, 22, asshown iu Fig. 3. From this construction it will be seen that the rst can is received in the receiving end of the chute in a vertical position, and is advanced along said chute by the succeeding cans.- As the second can enters the chute it forces the lirst can onto the inclined plate 22 in such a manner that said inclined plate strikes the bottom of said can to one side of its vertical center, and thereby tilts it slightly. The

Having thus described my invention, what.

l claim as new, and desire Patent, is-

1. An endless traveling carrying-belt, a stop, E, extending across it to change the direction of the cans, and arms swinging over the'belt, whereby the delivery of the cans from thebelt to secure byV Letters to the feeder is rendered exact, substantially as herein described.

2. The endless carrying-beltupon which the cans are placed, the transverse stop extending over the belt at a point where the cans are received by the feeder, the feeder, and the arms swinging across the.belt,so as to stop the cans IZO and determine their time of delivery to the feeder, in combination with connecting links or devices extending from these arms to the feeder, so that they may be moved backward by the' movement of the feeder to allow the cans to`advance upon the bclt,substantially as herein described.

3. Incombination with a transverse belt, the feeder having the projecting arms between which the cans are received from the belt and the aetuating'devces by which vthe motions' of the feeder are produced, substantially as herein described. n

4. In combination fwith a transverse belt, t he cappingtable,and crimper, the feeder having the projecting arms to receive the cans and transfer them fromthe belt to the capping-table and from the capping-table to the crimper,suc cessively, together with the mechanism by vwhich its movements are produced,s ubstan scribed.

'6. The inclined cap-carrying chute with the stop and-releasingtrigger actuated by the movement of a can toward the capping-table, in combination with the spring-holder R, substantially as herein described.

7. The inclined cap-carrying chute with its stop actuated by the passage of a can toward the capping-table, the cap-holding spring extending below'the stop, and the oscillating forked arm by which the caps are removed from the spring and delivered into position to be placed upon the can, substantially as herein described,

8. The inclined cap-carrying chute with its stop, spring, and the feedingarms, in combination with the transversely, moving slides having the countersinkto receive the caps and hold them while the can is being advanced toward the cap, substantially as herein. described.

9. The vertically-moving plunger upon which the cans are delivered by the feeder, in combination with the conical guide situated above the cans, and the transversely-moving slides uponwhich the caps are received and held, with aA mechanism by which the slides are withdrawn as the can entersl the cap, substantially as herein described.

10. Thevertically-moving plunger by which the can is raised to receive the cap, and the guide into which the upper end of the can enters the transversely-moving cap-holding s1ides,in

combination with the second plunger moving vertically above the cap and following it down by gravitation or otherwise, so as to stead y the can in its descent after the vcap has been applied, substantially as herein'described.

11. The vertically moving plunger upon which the can is received, a carrier for placing the can upon the plunger, and a mechanism by I which this plunger is reciprocated vertically in vcombination with a second plunger, which rests upon the top of the cap and steadies it while descending, and a mechanism for raising the second plunger before the arrival of the next cap,substantially ashereiu described- 12. The receiving-table and means for removing the cans therefrom, in combination with the vertically-revolving shaft with its drivinggear, the chambered rotating heads for receiving the caps and upper en ds of the capped cans, gearing h y which motion is imparted to said heads, andthe vertically-moving disk by which thecan is raised and the cap held within the rotating head, substantially as deseribed.

13. The rotating heads,the shaftl,and means forlrotating said heads, a table supported on said shaft, and vertically-moving disks carried `by said table, in combination with the cams 2 and the lever-arms I', carried by said shaft, traveling over the cams and raising the disks to force the caps into the rotating heads, substantially as and for ythe purpose described.

14.' The rotating heads, lthe vertical shaft Z, means for rotating said shaft and heads, the

.receiving table on said shaft, and verticallymoving disks mounted in the table, in combination with the hangers s, carried by the vertical shaft, crimping-wheels mounted in said hangers, and the cams for operating thecrimp ing-wheels, substantially as herein described.

15. rIhe vertical shaft Z, the receiving-table thereon, and guiding-plates onto which `the cans are received, in combination with rot-at-l ing heads carried by said shaft, verticallymoving disks mounted insaid table and receiving the bottoms of the cans, in combination withthe hangers s, carried by said shaft, crimping-wheels mounted in the hangers having arms traveling incontact with a cam, an adjusting'mechanism for the same, and nieans for actuating the vertical shaft, rotating heads, and vertically-moving disks, substantially as described.

16. Theintermittingly-operating can-feeder, the traveling belt from which the cans are removed bythe carrier, a mechanism for feeding the caps and placing them upon the'cans,'and a crimping mechanism, in combination with a driving-shaft, gearing, and intermediate mechanisms' by which the whole are driven in unison with relation to each other, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my han d'.

M ATH IAS JENSEN.

Witnesses: y i C. W. FULTON, G. C. FULTON. 

